SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2025-29 Storage Yard) to amend Chapter 2, Section 205, Table 2.1, adding a storage yard land use category; Chapter 3 Conditional Uses, Section 303, Criteria For Conditional Uses, adding conditions for storage yards. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on April 7, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. and the adoption hearing date on April 21, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for an LDC text amendment to modify Chapter 2, Section 205, Table 2.1, adding a storage yard land use category; Chapter 3 Conditional Uses, Section 303, Criteria For Conditional Uses, adding conditions for storage yards; Chapter 4, Section 401.02, Table 4.3, Use Table For Standard Land Use Districts for the Ronald Reagan Selected Area Plan and Section 401.08, Table 4.01.08.01, Use Table for South East Polk Selected Area Plan adding a storage yard land use category; Chapter 10, Definitions, defining Storage Yards to allow for the outdoor storage of raw materials and finished goods as a primary use of property. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on March 4, 2026, with a recommendation for approval by a 7:0 vote.
Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes (F.S.) requires the Board to adopt Land Development Code (LDC) regulations consistent with the implementation of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan. Amendments to the LDC require two public hearings before the Board to be adopted.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board set for the first reading on April 7, 2026, at 9:15 a.m., and the adoption hearing date on April 21, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@PolkFL.gov <mailto:erikpeterson@PolkFL.gov%20>